
Fraise des bois liqueur is a berry liqueur of wild woodland strawberries steeped in spirit and sweetened.
The point is the wild berry — the garden one is a blunter, plainer flavor. Strength is low, near 16.5%, so anything unsweetened has to be built back up.
The garden berry instead of the wild one: sweeter, blunter, without the wild note. Same measure, and what the drink loses is exactly the fraise-des-bois character.
Wild strawberry syrup with neutral spirit
Flavor and strength built separately: roughly as much spirit as syrup to reach 16.5% ABV.